Apparatus with alpha rotatable tilting drum for drawing off liquids



Feb. 23, 1932. K, s g ow 1,846,281

APPARATUS WITH A ROTATABLE TILTING DRUM FOR DRAWING OFF LIQUIDS Filed Aug. 205 1928 Patented Feb. 23, 1932 UNITED STATES F TE FFIQI mm. s'rnrcnow, or viurscnau; GE M NY APPARATUS WITH A ROTA'IABLE TILTING DRUM non mmwl neyorr; mourns,

Application filed August 20, 1928, Serial No. 300,923,!1ndiii Germany August 18, "1927;

This invention relates to a dispensing device for liquids incorporating a rotating measuring drum, which consists of one cham her in the middle, surrounded by a plurality I of measuring chambers.

These chambers eifect during their filling, a rotation of the drum in such a way, that the emptying of the chambers takes place. Furthermore, this rotation actuates a counting 1 and recording device.

The object of the present invention is a supplementary device, by which a high degree of accuracy in measuring is obtained by causing prompter rotation and complete discharge of the measuring chambers of the drum.

My invention consists in a tubular member of polygonal cross section, each corner of which corresponds to the aperture of one measuring chamber. This polygon is attached to the drum in any suitable manner and filled with granular or liquid loading means. During the slow rotation of the drum the rush of these loading means accelerates the tilting of the drum, and brings it suddenly into its discharging position after filling the corresponding measuring chamber. Thus a quick and complete discharge of the chamber is obtained.

The invention has been shown by way of example in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 represents a dispensing device in vertical longitudinal section according to line 1-1 of the Fig. 2 showing the measuring drum in front view,

Fig. 2 a sectional view according to line 2-2 of Fig. 1 showing the measuring drum in side view,

Fig. 3 representing the measuring drum on an enlarged scale.

In the drawings 1 represents the measuring drum, consistmg of an intermediate, triangular supply chamber 4 and three segmental measuring chambers 5, 6 and 7 disposed round said supply chamber. The drum is rotatably supported upon supporting rollers 11 by means of a cylindrical attachment and of a journal 2. The supply pipe 3 is fixed and has been made to pass axially through the attachment L 19 and the correspondin lateral wall of the measuring. drum 1 an terminates in the supplyrhamber The liquidto be measured, for instance gasoline, benzole or the like passes in'thedirection of the arrow 12 through the pipe 3 into the supply chamber 4 and reachesithe measuring chamberwo, 6 or 7, whichever maybe lowermost at the time, after leaving the supply chamber 4 through theaperturesS. Consid- .50 ering the position of the measuring drum in accordance with the example ofuperformance as shown in the drawings this would in this instance. bethe measuring chamber 6. In consequence of the displacement of the centre of gravityasaresult of this measuring chamber being filled, the drum is caused to turn,.so thatthe corresponding measurin chamber, after being charged, isxdischarge via the discharge aperture 9, into thecasing i0 13 "of the dispensing device, from which it may be dispensed through the pipe-14 inthe direction of the arrow 15. i

The number of revolutions ofthe drum, which is proportional to the quantity of the liquid dispensed, may be read off by means of the counting. device 16 being actuated through the medium of a star wheel 17 with the aid of stops 18 attached to the measuring drum 1. In the example of performance each of the measuring chambers 5, 6, 7.has been provided with such a stop 18, so that the star wheel 17is fed by one tooth in conjunction with each discharge of such measuring chamber.

The rotatable measuring drum 1 is made to support a polygon 10 consisting of a tube closed in itself, the number of corners of said polygon corresponding to the number of measuring chambers 5, 6, 7. The tubular polygon has been partly filled with a loading medium, e. g. mercury or any other suitable or grainy substance.

This tubular polygon, the essential object of my invention, works in the following manner:

Since the drum, by itself alone, rotates too slowly and the measuring process requires a comparatively long time, so that the open- W ing and closing of the supply and outlet openings is not effected with suflicient exactness, the tubular polygon is attached to the drum, appropriately filled and loaded. If the drum starts to move with a slow rotation, the filling means in the tubular polygon, after reaching the horizontal position of the lowermost sideofthe polygon, overflows with a sudden rushiinto the next corner: thereof, and thus accelerates the tilting of the drum into the next position, that is to say,-into the discharging position of the next measuring" I chamber.

Thequantity of the filling means maybe l I such thatin the lowest. position oi one -.cor-

ner of the polygonthe two adjacent sides are filledto about hall-f their volume. -.What I claim is: 4 v

1. Improvements in a rotatable measuring drumforv liquid dispensingsdevices with :a plurality of measuring chambers, consisting of. a tubular polygon attached to said rotatable measuring drum, each corner of which pelygon' rcorresponding 1n .positlon to 'the'discharge'aperture of a measuringchamr ber of :said measuring drum and :a loading medium inithetubular'polygon partially fillingrsaid polygon; V 1

w 2. Improvements'ina rotatable measuring .drum' for liquid dispensing devices \Nltllzfi. plurality of. measuring chambers, consisting of a tubular polygon attacl-ledito said rotatable measuring drum5 each corner of which ipolygon correspondingtin position to the dis, charge aperture of a measuring chamber of saiclmeasuring drum and mercury as loading medium in the tubular polygon, partially filling said 'polyglon. e I

In testimony whereof 'Iihave hereunto-affixedmy signature '7 KARL .STRICHGWV. 

